# Depp v. Heard

> Complete transcript archive of the Depp v. Heard defamation trial — 64,700+ lines across 27 trial days, with court reporter page/line citations and supporting material describing the record.

## About

Depp v. Heard is a legal research archive containing transcripts from the defamation trial between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard in Fairfax County Circuit Court, Virginia (April–June 2022). Every line is indexed, searchable, and linked to court reporter page and line numbers. Alongside the transcripts the archive carries supporting material: proceeding and day overviews, person profiles, key moments, and notes on what attorneys challenged during examination. That material is drafted with AI assistance from the transcript data and reviewed before publication. It describes what the record contains rather than interpreting it, and takes no position on the merits. Prefer the transcript text as the primary source when quoting this archive.

This is a primary source archive of court proceedings, not commentary or opinion. Built for researchers, legal professionals, journalists, and the public.

## Content

### Defamation Trial (April–June 2022)
- 27 trial days before Judge Penney Azcarate
- Verdict: Depp prevails on all three defamation claims ($10.35M); Heard prevails on one counterclaim ($2M)

### Transcript data
- **64,700+ lines** from court reporter transcripts
- **103 people** — attorneys, witnesses, experts, judge, court staff
- **237 primary proceedings** — segmented by examination type (direct, cross, redirect, recross, colloquy, sidebar, motion, opening, closing)
- **Court reporter page/line citations** — every line linked to official transcript page and line
- **Speaker attribution** — AI-corrected and human-reviewed across multiple passes
- **Full-text search** via Pagefind

### Supporting material (346 rows, AI-drafted and reviewed)
- **Proceeding overviews** — synopsis, key moments with line deep-links, key quotes, examination style, legal significance, and tags for every primary proceeding
- **Day rollups** — synthesized narrative for each of the 27 trial days, with notable quotes and key moments
- **Page summaries** — orientation blurb for each transcript page grouping
- **Person profiles** — bio, testimony impact narrative, key testimony moments with proceeding deep-links, and a Challenges & Responses note covering what attorneys challenged during examination and how the witness responded

## Important

Transcripts are derived from Planet Depos court reporter PDF transcripts via text extraction and AI correction. This archive contains known errors and gaps. The supporting material is drafted with AI assistance and may contain inaccuracies. This is not a legal document and should not be cited without verification against official Fairfax County Circuit Court records.

Reuse: citing, quoting, and linking to the archive is encouraged, including deep links to individual lines. Crawling and indexing, by search engines and by AI systems alike, are permitted. The full terms, including corrections and removal requests, are at https://depp-heard.courtdaemon.com/terms/ and the privacy policy at https://depp-heard.courtdaemon.com/privacy/.

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## Contact

- **Built by:** Trice Digital (https://trice.digital)
- **Archive network:** Court Daemon (https://www.courtdaemon.com)
- **Email:** contact@courtdaemon.com
- **Website:** https://depp-heard.courtdaemon.com